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Posted on 04/06/2026 10:01:05 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump complained that Americans won’t let him stay in Iran long enough to take the country’s oil, which is what he’d really like to do.
The president was answering reporters’ questions during the traditional White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday when one asked, “What do you say to Americans who are not a fan of the war?”
“They’re foolish because the war is about one thing: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Had we not broken the Barack Hussein Obama agreement — you know that, you know what I’m talking about, the Iran nuclear deal. This is years ago, my first term — you would have had a total — Israel would have been gone, extinguished. Israel would have been wiped off the face of the Earth and the entire Middle East would have been, at a minimum in big trouble. But I did it. That was phase one,” replied the president.
Trump continued:
"I hate to do it, but we’re obliterating — and they just don’t want to say, 'uncle.' They don’t want to cry — as the expression goes — 'uncle.' But they will. And if they don’t, they’ll have no bridges, they’ll have no power plants, they’ll have no anything. I want to — I won’t go further because there are other things that are worse than those two. And we might have — well, the thing if I had my choice, what would I like to do? Take the oil. Because it’s there for the taking. There’s not a thing they can do about it.
"Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. If it were up to me, I’d take the oil. I’d keep the oil and would make plenty of money. And I’d also take care of the people of Iran much better than they’ve been taken care of. It’s been a horrible — They’ve killed 45,000 people as of a month and a half ago, 45,000 protesters. We don’t do that. So if I had my choice. I’d keep the oil."
Trump added, “But I also want to make the people of our country happy. I think most people wouldn’t understand that.”
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We should take enough of their oil to fill up our Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The PRC wants the oil.
The PRC can ship in weapons and operators.
The Mullahs will need to pay some form of reparations for their crimes. Some oil from them is better than nothing.
“Trump complained that Americans won’t let him stay in Iran long enough to take the country’s oil”
This is Trump style. He’d deport every Democrat soft on criminal illegals if he could. He’d do a lot of things....
We stay and collect revenue form the oil sales until the cost of the military operation is completely paid off at 125% of USA cost.
Freedom for the Iranian people!
Classic good cop/ bad cop set up. Trump is always in negotiating mode.
Mediate always deserves a barf alert.
The Iranian people should be given part of the oil revenues as reparations for the Theocracy which ruled over them.
Give it to individual Iranians. They would be grateful.
Trump would be popular.
Keep half to pay war reparations to the USA.
I am beginning to have this question forming in my brain, “What is going on with Goodman Trump?
People here think we have more capability and dominance than we do.
Mediaite is an asinine Leftist source.
But hey, we don’t expect anything else from some people on FR. This poster has content from Mediaite all the time. Or CNN. Or NYT. Or WaPo.
Standard operating procedure.
Trump said he has opinions about an issue but he defers to the will of the people? Gads, what a scandal!
We should take a fair percentage of their oil until we're reimbursed for the cost of the war and the families of the dead and injured receive decent compensation for their loss.
The Iranians themselves would probably become wealthy in the process.
A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE
Based on earlier reports, Israel hastened to assure the US that
“its attacks against Iran would not target nuclear or oil facilities.”
The Israeli focus, they said, was on “avoiding a Middle East war”.
Israel’s Strategic Focus Outlined: Israeli officials like Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer
and Mossad Director David Barnea, said their only aim was “to enhance” Israel’s security needs.
Israel must have known its “assurances” were a key part of the US discussions.
But Israel’s unspoken arguments were intended to get for itself,
US military might, the US’ global status and its foreign influence.
I don’t think that’s what he’s saying, but who knows?
As to the will of the people, that’s hardly relevant in the midst of a military operation. If it were, current polling might suggest it’s time to withdraw and call it a day.
I mean, he literally said he wants to do it but it would make the American people unhappy so he won’t do, and they will be happy with that decision .
Based on April 2026 reports, Donald Trump has stated his preference to stay in Iran to take control of its oil, but expressed that he believes the American people lack the patience for a prolonged stay and want to see the war end and troops come home. Trump expressed frustration that Americans want the war to end, which prevents him from staying longer.
Key details:Trump’s Desire: Trump has explicitly said, “If it were up to me, I’d take the oil. I’d keep the oil and would make plenty of money,” calling it his “favorite thing” to do in Iran.
American Public Sentiment: Trump stated that Americans want to “win” and “come home,” rather than stay for a long-term occupation of oil sites.
These remarks were made in the context of ongoing conflict in Iran, with the U.S. having deployed troops, amidst warnings from Trump about attacking civilian infrastructure, such as power plants and bridges.
Conflict and Escalation: Trump indicated that taking the oil would involve a long-term presence, possibly focused on seizing infrastructure like Kharg Island, which would require the U.S. to “be there for a while”.Trump often argued this would benefit the U.S., but acknowledged the public prefers a quicker resolution to the conflict, which has been described as a major source of energy disruption.
Freedom to do what?
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